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...just with learning the art of casting but also with refining it, creating molds that grew more and more intricate and had fewer and fewer flaws--precisely the kind of near-zero-tolerance quality needed in industrial manufacturing. When Alan approached Glenn in 1985 and asked for his help, both brothers figured the collaboration would be a good one. "We started doing together what we'd been doing separately," Glenn says, "me the processes, Alan the materials...
...Soon, with new modifications, parents will be able to see if Baby looks like Mom, Dad or old chinless Uncle Ray. New 3-D Ultrasound, or Real-Time Volumetric Rendering, developed at Duke Medical Center, displays three-dimensional moving images rather than a mere cross section. Ultrasound will also help surgeons view the entire heart and its chambers, helping them navigate inside the organ during surgery...
...year later, with the help of his sons and some talented colleagues, the Gossamer Condor was ready. Assembled out of piano wire, aluminum tubes, bicycle parts, Mylar film and a propeller, it was successfully flown around the Kremer course by furiously pedaling Bryan Allen, a racing cyclist and glider pilot. MacCready's place in history was assured...
Despite all the help from Breazeal, Kismet still has a lot to learn. Breazeal is working on helping the computer with some simple skills that human babies are hardwired for. She wants Kismet to be able to use the information it learns. One day, she hopes, when Kismet is told the name of a toy, it will later be able to ask for it by name. "Through more interactions, Kismet could learn, 'When I'm in this state, I can take this action that leads to a person's taking this behavior and getting my needs satiated,'" Breazeal says...
...they ended up making a lot of money for Apple and Microsoft. Xerox has got a lot of prestige but little cash out of the PARC, which is why the beleaguered copier giant intimated in October that it would put its crown jewel up for sale to help stem billion-dollar losses...